Kosuke Tsuneoka

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New York, January 22, 2015--The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply concerned by a video released on Tuesday by the Islamic State militant group in which the group said it would kill Japanese freelance journalist Kenji Goto and another Japanese citizen, Haruna Yukawa, if it did not receive a US$200 million ransom within three days.

On Wednesday, I posted an item about the dangers
to journalists in Pakistan, reminding readers that at least two reporters--Canadian
freelancer Beverley Giesbrecht,
who goes by the name Khadija Abdul Qahaar, and British journalist Asad Qureshi--are being held captive somewhere
along the border with Afghanistan. I later received a few e-mail messages
reminding me that there are at least three journalists still being held in
Afghanistan as well. Here are updates on the Afghan cases:

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New York, April 2, 2010—The Committee to Protect Journalists expressed concern today after a Japanese official said freelance Japanese journalist Kosuke Tsuneoka had apparently been kidnapped in northern Afghanistan.